Provision-safe or kitchen-cabinet



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PROVISION SAFE 0R KITCHEN CABINET.

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Written STATES PATENT Orrrce.

JOHN \V. ROSS, OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA.

PROVISION-SAFE OR KITCHEN-CABINET.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,395, dated March 6,1883.

' Application filed January 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. Ross, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Santa Clara, in the county of Santa Clara and Stateof California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inProvision- Safes or Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention consists of certain improvements, hereinafter set forth,of my provisionsafe or kitchen-cabinet for which the Patent No. 267,654was granted to me November 14, 1882. Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig.2 is a vertical section on line 0000- of. Fig.1. Figs. 3.and 4 areperspective views of the pivotal devices detached. Figs. 5 and 6 aremodifications of the bearing-boxes of the pivotal devices. Fig. 7 isa'vertical section through the pivotal devices attached to the case Aand bin E. Fi 8 is a vertical section through the bread'box attached tothe case. Fig. 9 is an inner face view of a portion of the wall of thebread-box, showing the tapered slots.

The case A, stationary top B, receptacle 0, hinged box-cover D, havingventilating-openin gs b, and oscillating bin E, are all constructedsimilar to the same parts of my former cabinet, as described and shownin the abovenamed patent, except the receptacle and boxcover are madedeeper vertically, and the receptacle is provided with a shelf, 0.

The bin E is adjusted eccentrically in the cabinet, as set forth in theabove-named patent, on the pivotal bearings peculiarly constructed,consisting of the two parts F and G, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Thepart F consists of the round part or journal at, having the flange a andthe shoulder a and is provided with the plate (1?, having screw-holesfor fastening it to a cleat, H, attached to the-bottom of the bin. Thepart G consists of the bearing-box I), provided with a recess, 01,formin g the shoulder at, constructed to receive the journal a andflange a of the part F. This part Gr is provided with the extended ends12 having screw-holes for attaching it to cleat- K, fastened to theinside of the case A. These cleats, one at each end of the cabinet, maybe made long enough to extend entirely across the end casings, A,forming stays to prevent the casings from springing. The pivotalbearings are located about one inch in front of the vertical'longitudinal center of the bin and cabinet. The bearing-box of thepivotal devices shown in Fig. 6 is provided with a plate, It,

adapted to be attached directly upon the wall of the case'A, to be usedwhen desirable without the cleat K. It is evident that these pivotalbearings, when properly adjusted on the bin and cabinetcase, will holdthe walls of the case from pressing upon the bin or receding from it,and hence the stay-board A, used in my former cabinet, is dispensedwith, the bin, when tilted, being stopped by means of the cleat (1attached to the under side of the top B, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawings; and these pivotal bearings allow the bin, when partly open,tobe readilylifted outof the cabinet (and to be replaced) for cleansing orother purposes. The part F is readily adjusted at the required distancefrom the end of the cleat H and bin E to hold it from contact with thecase A, and its position can readily be changed to secure the requiredadjustment of the bin and these pivotal devices are well adapted foradjusting oscillating bins under counters or tables, or wherever suchbins may be usefully applied. In such cases all that is required is theend boards or partitions or other supports for the cleats K, the pivotaldevices acting as stays, preventing such partitions or othersupportsfrom spreading apart or pressing upon the bin.

B 0 represent, respectively, a bread-box and a case of drawersconstructed separately from the cabinet, to be attached when required,as hereinafter set forth, to the outside walls of the cabinet. Thebread-box is provided with the hinged lid b 'and small ventilating-holesI), covered with wire-gauze. The box is at tached to the cabinet bymeans of the tapered slots 0 in the back wall of the box and the screws0 in the end wall of the cabinet. The lower ends of the slots aremadelarge enough to receive readily the heads of the screws, and theinner edges of the walls forming the sides of the slots are beveled off,as shown at 0 forming bearings for the heads of the screws. The box isreadily attached to'the cabinet by placing itin position for theheads ofthe screws to pass through the lower ends of the slots, and thenlowering the box till the upper ends of the walls of the slots bear uponthe screws; and the box is readily removed by raising it to the positionfor the heads of the screws to pass out of the lower ends of the slots.The case of drawers is provided with a supporting end board, d extendingabove and below the drawers, and these extended ends of the board areprovided with screw-holes for fastening the case of drawers to theoutside wallof the cabinet.

It is evident that the bread-box and case of drawers may be readilyattached, when desired, and may be readily detached for convenience inmoving, cleansing, and other purposes. This is especially desirable andadvantageous for the bread-boa, which often needs to be cleared of thecrumbs.

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